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Keith Ellison and Sen. She said that the War Powers Act of 1973 made it clear that a president can not take this kind of military action this without Congress. "Criminals must be punished and Assad and his regime are criminals". "I have requested information from the Administration about their plans, including any additional action in response to the use of chemical weapons". (more...)

The details of the caches were handed over to French authorities at a ceremony organised by the International Verification Commission (IVC), in Bayonne, Basque Country, France. A petition "against impunity" for the group's members gathered more than 15,000 signatures within 24 hours after European Parliament member Maite Pagazaurtundua, whose brother was killed in an ETA attack, backed it. (more...)

Asked on Franceinfo radio if Le Pen would meet Putin, her deputy, Florian Philippot, said: "I have no information about this but if she is to see him you will hear about it". After the meeting, Ms Le Pen said she would reflect on how to swiftly lift European Union sanctions imposed on Russian Federation over the Ukraine crisis if elected. (more...)

Bring your pup dressed up in their Easter best, and you could win a prize basket for the Best Dressed Dog. Easter is just around the corner, and with it comes the City of Rosenberg's 17th annual Easter Egg Hunt. Join the Easter Bunny for this exciting Egg Hunt. Egg hunts are cooler when they're done in the pool. The Easter Egg Hunt hosted by the Spanish Fork/Salem Chamber of Commerce will include 10,000 stuffed eggs, prizes and grab bags, as well as appearances by the Easter Bunny, Miss ... (more...)

But according to one White House official, Trump is not ruling anything out when it comes to dealing with Pyongyang. "Discussions of regime change and decapitation.tend to cause the Chinese great pause of concern and tends to have them move in the opposite direction we would like them to move in terms of pressure", he said. (more...)

Oil prices hit a one-month high on Friday after the US fired Tomahawk missiles at a Syrian government airbase, sending shock waves through global markets and raising concerns that the conflict could spread in the oil-rich region. "It is too early to know how severe or how long the impact to oil prices may be", Patrick DeHaan, a senior petroleum analyst, said after the initial crude oil surge Thursday, noting that "in the past, oil prices hate turmoil". (more...)

US Davis Cup captain Jim Courier added: "I'm super proud of these guys today but it still will take a monstrous effort from us on day three". The win on a hard court at Brisbane's Pat Rafter Arena reduced Australia's advantage to 2-1 ahead of Sunday's reverse singles. (more...)

The meeting, which was the first the prime minister held after touching down in Riyadh on Tuesday, is a sign of the political importance No 10 places on securing LSE's hosting of the global component of the flotation, which is worth 5% of the $2tn (£1.6tn) company. (more...)

Police commander Jonas Hysing told the paper "we do not know where they are, so we cannot enforce expulsion", speaking of the many migrants who should be deported from the country but the government keeps no records of their whereabouts. Earlier , Karolinska Hospital had reported nine people were still in the hospital. Sweden's health service has raised the number of people being treated for injuries from the truck attack to 10. (more...)

A spokeswoman for the Foreign Office said: "We now know that a British man was killed during the attack in Stockholm ". There are no words for how missed he will be or for how sad we all are to have lost him like this. The Swedish department store that was rammed by a stolen beer truck, leaving four people dead and 15 injured in Stockholm , says it regrets an announcement that it would reopen two days after the deadly attack to sell damaged goods at a "reduced price". (more...)

Forensic police investigators work at the crime scene in central Stockholm on April 08, 2017, the day after a hijacked beer truck plowed into pedestrians on Drottninggatan and crashed into Ahlens department store, killing four people, injuring 15 others. (more...)

At least 88 people, including 29 children, were killed in the suspected poison gas attack on Khan Sheikhoun in Idlib Province. US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson j oined Britain in blaming Russian Federation for the horrific deaths of innocent Syrians in a chemical attack as he prepares to visit Moscow for talks. (more...)

When asked how Kremlin plans to react to the crisis, Viktor Ozerov, chair of the Russian Senate security and defense committee, said: "First of all, Russia will require an urgent convocation of the UN Security Council, which can be viewed as an act of USA aggression against the UN state", according to RIA Novosti , a Russian publication. (more...)

Gil West, Delta's Chief Operating Officer, also told customers Thursday, "We are grateful for your patience and want you to know that we, as always, learn from these experiences". In all, they said they spent more than $3,000 on rental cars, hotels, and new tickets because of the cancellations, as well as countless hours on hold with Delta's help line. (more...)

The moves would potentially be considered if China does not help influence North Korea by using additional sanctions and diplomatic actions. Trump , who met with Chinese President Xi Jinping at Mar-a-Lago last week, has said Beijing, with its ties to North Korea, should deal with its neighbor, but that the USA was prepared to act on its own if necessary. (more...)

The suspect, who is believed to have lived in Norway since 2010, has denied any guilt according to his lawyer. "(Norwegian security service) PST is now working on finding his intentions and find out whether others are involved", said chief prosecutor Signe Aaling. (more...)

Abe told reporters at his official residence he was watching to see how China would respond to Pyongyang after Xi meets Trump at the US leader's Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida . The North has defied the ban, saying it infringes on its sovereign rights to self-defence and the pursuit of space exploration. China also is angry over the deployment in South Korea of an advanced US missile defense system known as Thaad, which it fears could be used against its military. (more...)

Worshippers had been celebrating Palm Sunday, one of the holiest days in the Christian calendar, marking Jesus's triumphant entrance to Jerusalem.Francis, who is due to visit Cairo on April 28-29, offered prayers for the victims. US -based think tank the Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy said the attacks brought the total number of sectarian incidents against Copts to 26 in 2017, with a total of 88 killed including those at a major church bombing in December. (more...)

House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis., waves to the crowd before he speaks at the 2017 American Israel Public Affairs Committee ( AIPAC ) Policy Conference in Washington , Monday, March 27, 2017. Nikki Haley (R-S.C.) is the flawless choice to turn the anti-Israel tide in the United Nations around. The Israeli-Palestinian conflict was also highlighted by Pence during his speech. (more...)

Near the central city of Homs, a bomb exploded aboard a bus carrying workers, killing a woman and wounding more than 20, according to state TV and the Observatory. And they said a drone belonging either to Russian Federation or Syria was seen hovering over the site of the chemical weapons attack Tuesday after it happened. (more...)